Backflips, 900s rule the show in Snowboarding Big Air by Daniel Dodd, ESPN.com
MOUNT SNOW, Vt. -- After a cancelled practice on Friday, a postponement, a change of venue, and a change in the competition format due to high winds and safety concerns, the men's and women's Snowboarding Big Air events finally took flight as ESPN's Winter X Games ended Sunday.
Thovex airs it out for gold by David Boroff, ESPN.com
MOUNT SNOW, Vt. -- New course, no problem for Candide Thovex.
The 17-year-old Frenchman grabbed a gold medal in the Skiing Big Air event Sunday during the final day of competition at ESPN's fourth annual Winter X Games.Thovex and the other Big Air athletes had to deal with some adversity over the weekend. Saturday's preliminaries were postponed because of unsafe, windy conditions on Panhandle Run. Those conditions may or may not have contributed to the back injury suffered by Shane Anderson after a spill during warm-ups on Saturday. Anderson, who strained his back, had to withdraw from the event.